In Thane, three persons from Kalyan town in the district who allegedly accepted bets on behalf of Mumbai-based bookies were held by the police.

Keval Ladharam Bhanushali, Chetan Ladharam Bhanushali and Sachin Jagannath Teli were taking bets on IPL matches at a place near Annapurna Hotel in Gandhi Chowk when the police raided the premises on Thursday morning and nabbed them.

Police Inspector R R Patil said the three were booked under the Prevention of Gambling Act.

Cash, mobile phones, etc were among the items seized.

Police said the three were allegedly working for bookies identified as Metanbhai Jain of Lalbaugh and Umesh alias Vipul Shah of Dombivali.

In Rajasthan, a man identified as Akash Garg was arrested from his residence in Ajmer on Wednesday night for operating a racket through which bets were placed for an IPL match, SHO Ganj police station Chetna Bhati said.

Garg was involved in the racket for the last two years, she informed.

"Two mobile phones, a laptop, a DVD player and several slips having details of betting amount worth lakhs of rupees were seized from his possession," she added.